I had the most amazing birthday discussion of my life (well with the exception of 23: 24 day in 2005!) on April 23, 2012, thanks to Ms. Hilda Dokubo and the Centre for Creative Arts Education. The theme of the discussion was ‘towards integrated youth development framework, financing and programming.’ In a very stimulating and thought-provoking intervention …
Closing Nigeria’s Toilet deficit
I love toilets! For one, a toilet is a place where I take care of my sanitary needs. Beyond this, it is a place where I find inspiration, the concentration required to derive some meaning (to life and other subjects) and where I am able to meditate. But this was not always the case. In …
Revitalising TVET in Nigeria
At a UNESCO workshop on the revitalisation of technical and vocational education and training (TVET - I write mainly about post primary TVET) in West Africa held in Abuja in 2009, I said as representative of the African Union that ‘I am very impressed with what I saw in Kaduna during our visit yesterday [referring …
Our Port Harcourt Zoo
I finally got a chance to visit the Port Harcourt Zoo over the weekend. Not much has changed since I last visited the zoo in 2004. One thing I noticed though was that the volume of visitors was high and kept increasing until I left the Zoo at 12.30pm. I was told by one of the visitors …
Educating the Gifted (and the place of information and communication technologies)
This morning, I was involved in an outreach to the School for the Gifted in Gwagwalada on the outskirts of Abuja. It was most exhilarating to finally be in a school for the gifted. I had learnt about gifted children in educational psychology classes at college and the imperative for providing them with specialised educational …
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